For AT · Bidar fort~7.05 Km (ENE) Gurudwara Nanak JhiraSahib~5.70 Km, ENE Narasimha Jhira Cave Temple~9.25 Km ESE 2 Areas which are important or sensitive for ecological reasons

M/s. Sri Lakshmi chemicals

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT

For

“PROPOSED EXPANSION OF BULK DRUG & INTERMEDIATES

PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING”

AT

Plot No. 73 D,

KIADB Kolhar Industrial Area,

Kolhar and Nizampur Village,

Bidar Taluk,

Bidar District,

Karnataka

BY

M/s. SRI LAKSHMI CHEMICALS Pvt Ltd.

[Project termed under schedule 5(f),Category ‘B’ Synthetic Organic Chemicals.

Filed Under: Notification No. S.O. 804(E) dated 14th March, 2017.

ToR vide file no. SEIAA 27 IND (VOIL) 2018, dated 05th July, 2018]

EIA Consultant

HUBERT ENVIRO CARE SYSTEMS (P) LTD, CHENNAI

(NABET Accredited vide Certificate No. NABET/EIA/1619/RA0083)

MAY 2019


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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

I. Background of the Project

M/s Sri Lakshmi Chemicals (SLC) was acquired by its management in the year 2010 from

Sree Chemicals. SLC a privately owned and professionally managed enterprise with its

corporate office in Hyderabad, Mr. Samineni Suresh is the owner of SLC. Since

Pharmaceutical products are market desire, SLC proposes the expansion of production

capacity by introducing new products.

II. Management Commitment

The Company is assigning prime importance for environmental protection. The company has

implemented Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) concepts and complied the environmental laws.

The industry has maintained greenery inside the industry & maintained well developed

Green belt. The Environmentally Sensitive Areas within 15km from Project Boundary is

provided in Table-1.

III. Environmental Sensitive Areas

There are no notified ecologically sensitive areas/protected areas within 15km radius of the

project boundary. Environmentally Sensitive Areas within 15km from Project Boundary is

provided in Table-1.

Table-1Environmentally Sensitive Areas within 15km from Project Boundary

S.No Areas Distance & Direction from project boundary

1 Areas protected under

international

conventions, national

or local legislation for

their ecological,

landscape, cultural or

other related value

Bidar fort~7.05 Km (ENE)

Gurudwara Nanak JhiraSahib~5.70 Km, ENE

Narasimha Jhira Cave Temple~9.25 Km ESE

2 Areas which are

important or sensitive

for ecological reasons

– Wetlands,

Watercourses or other

water bodies, coastal

zone, biospheres,

mountains, forests

S.No Description Distance Direction

1. Karanja Reservoir 12.48Km WSW

2. KA - TL State Boundary 12.2Km SE

3. Chitta RF 3.25Km SSE

4. Shahpur RF 9.87Km SE

5. Shamshalapur RF 12.56Km SE

6. Godepalli RF 11.87Km SSE

7. Rajola RF 12.08Km SSE

8. Kalbemal RF 13.32Km SSE

9. Protected Forest 12.62Km SSW

10. Kamthana RF 4.23Km SW

11. Malara Halla 1.79Km WSW

12. Protected Forest 5.3Km W

13. Manjra River 12.58Km NNE

14. Honnikere Extn RF 2.02Km N

15. Honnikere RF 4.50Km NW


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16. Gumtapur RF 9.42Km NW

17. Khanapur RF 6.26Km WNW

18. Kaplapur PF 5.27Km WNW

19. Kosam RF 9.08Km WNW

20. Khanpur RF 9.42Km WNW

21 Fort 7.05Km ENE

22. Defence Airport 0.62Km S

3 Areas used by

protected, important or

sensitive species of

flora or fauna for

breeding, nesting,

foraging, resting, over

wintering, migration

Nil

4 Inland, coastal, marine

or underground waters

Nil

5 State, National

boundaries

Karnataka –Telangana interstate boundary 12.2 Km (SE)

6 Routes or facilities

used by the public for

access to recreation or

other tourist, pilgrim

areas

SH-105, (Bidar to Hummabad)

7 Defence installations Bidar Defence Airport-0.62 Km(S)

8 Densely populated or

built-up area

(Nearest Town, City,

District)

S.No Name of the village Approximate distance Direction

1. Bidar 5.08 Km NE

2. Kohlar Village 1 Km WNW

9 Areas occupied by

sensitive man-made

land uses (hospitals,

schools, places of

worship, community

facilities)

S.No Name of the hospital Approximate

distance Direction

1. District government hospital 6.8km ENE

2. Guru Nanak Hospital 5.9Km E

3 Payari Hospital 7.2Km ENE

4 Vasu Hospital 7.6Km ESE

5 ShreeHospital 7.0Km ENE

Sl.No Name Of The Educational

Institution

Approximate

distance &

Direction

from area

Direction

1 Gyan SudhaPublicSchool 6.81 Km NE

2 Mellenium PublicSchool 4.3 Km E

3 Sai Gnyan PublicSchool 5.6 Km SE

4 Guru Nanak PublicSchool 4.77 Km NE

5 Guru Nanak DAVPublicSchool 4.81 Km NE


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6 Sri. Dattagiri Maharaj PublicSchool 6.52 Km

E

7 Saint Joseph PublicSchool 7.33 Km NE

8 JoyKids PublicSchool 6.3 Km NE

9 N.K.JabshettyAyurvedicMedical

College

5.71 Km SE

10 BidarInstituteofMedical Sciences 5.9 NE

11 BVBCollege- 5.10 SE

12 Government PolytechnicBidar 6.2 NE

13 Sidharth college 6.4 Km NE

14 Vasantha collegeofnursing 6.8Km NE

15 Noor college- 9.0 Km SE

16 UniversityofAgricultural Research 7.2 Km E

17 AIMESCollegeCampus 7.4 Km NE

18

AllamaIqbal Education Society's

Shaheen

PU College-

5.07 Km NE

19 KarnatakaVeterinary,Animal and

Fisheries Sciences University- 3.5 Km SE

20 Akkamahadevi CollegeofNursing 5.4 Km SE

21 SaptagiriITICollege 5.1 Km NE

22 National College 6.5 Km NE

23 VidyaPU College- 6.5 Km NE

24 B.V.BhoomreddyCollege 5.8 Km E

25 GurunanakDev EnggineringCollege 5.9 Km E

26 Govt.ITICollege 5.4 Km NE

27 Sai Gnyan MateManikeshwari

College-

4.72 Km NE

Sl no Name of the religious place

Approximate

Distance

from site

Direction

1 JaraNaraswamyTemple 9.4Km E

2 PapanashamTemple(ShivaTemple) 5.6 NE

3 BhavaniTemple 8.3 NE

4 Guru Nanak (Gurudwara) 6.6 NE

5 EidgahAmlapur – Mosque 4.4 SE

6 Masjid E Ejaz 5.8 SE

7 Al-Farooq Masjid 6.1 SE

8 Jamia masjidamlapur Mosque

6.3 SE


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10 Areas containing

important, high quality

or scarce resources

(ground water

resources, surface

resources, forestry,

agriculture, fisheries,

tourism, minerals)

S.No Name of the village Approximate

distance (Km)

Direction

1. Manjira river 12.58 NNE

2. Karanja reservoier 12.48 WSW

3. Bidar fort 7.05 ENE

11 Areas already

subjected to pollution

or environmental

damage. (those where

existing legal

environmental

standardsare

exceeded)

No recognized polluted area within

15KM distance

12 Areas susceptible to

natural hazard which

could cause the

project to present

environmental

problems

(earthquakes,

subsidence,

landslides, erosion,

flooding or extreme or

adverse climatic

conditions)

This area is generally plain no prone to any natural disasters. The area

understudy falls in Zone-II, according to the Indian Standard Seismic Zoning

Map. Suitable seismic coefficients in horizontal and vertical directions

respectively, have to be adopted while designing the structures.

Note :

Seismic Zone-II : Low risk

Seismic Zone-III : Moderate Risk

Seismic Zone-IV : High Risk

Seismic Zone-V Very high Risk

IV. Product Details

M/S. Sri Lakshmi Chemicals located at plot No 73D, KIADB Kolhar Industrial Area, Kolhar

and Nizampur Village, Bidar Taluk, Bidar District, Karnataka State, proposes expansion of

production capacity by introducing new products.

The products categories are Active Pharmaceuticals Ingredients (APIs) and Chemical

Intermediates. Presently SLC is manufacturing 1 product namely 5 Cyanophthalide with

production capacity of 36 MTPA. For the present proposal, SLC proposes to revise the

existing product capacity to 96 MTPA and add 7 more new products with capacity of 240

MTPA to a total of 8 products with capacity of 336 MTPA. The existing and proposed

products details are provided in Table 2.

Table-2 Existing and Proposed Products with Capacity

S.

No Products Name

Capacity (MTPA)

Existing Additional Proposed


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Total

1. 5 Cyanophthalide 36 60 96

2. 1-(6-methyl-3-pyridyl)-2-(4-(methylsulfonyl)-

phenyl)ethanone 0 48 48

3. 1, 2,3-tri-o-acetyl-5-deoxy-beta-d-

ribofuranose 0 48 48

4. Fluconazole 0 24 24

5. Gabapentin 0 24 24

6. Pregabalin 0 12 12

7. Theobromine 0 60 60

8. Darunavir intermediate 0 24 24

Total 36 300 336

V. Chronology Matrix of the Project

Existing product does not have EC, but obtained CFE (NO.PCB/246/HPI/2014-15/181 Dt:

15.05.2015) and CFO (No.PCB/HPI/246/CFO Addendum/2015-16/1252.dt.09.10.2015.Valid

upto: 30.06.2017 and is enclosed as Annexure. The Chronology Matrix of the company is

given in Table-3.


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Table-3 Chronology Matrix

Year Products

EC No CFE No CFO No Name MTA

2011 5-Cyanophthalide 36 Not

obtained

NO.PCB/246/HPI/2014-15

/181

dt: 15.05.2015

No.PCB/HPI/246/

CFOAddendum/

2015-16/1252.

dt. 09.10.2015.

Valid: 30.06.2017

2016-

17

S.

No Products Name

Capacity (MTPA)


Total

1. 5

Cyanophthalide 36 60 96

2.

1-(6-methyl-3-

pyridyl)-2-(4-

(methylsulfonyl)-

phenyl)ethanone

0 48 48

3.

1, 2,3-tri-o-

acetyl-5-deoxy-

beta-d-

ribofuranose

0 48 48





8. Darunavir

intermediate 0 24 24

Total 36 300 336

Proceedings,

No. SEIAA 37 IND 2016


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2017-

2018

S.

No Products Name

Capacity (MTPA)


Total

1. 5


2.

1-(6-methyl-3-

pyridyl)-2-(4-

(methylsulfonyl)-

phenyl)ethanone

0 48 48

3.

1, 2,3-tri-o-

acetyl-5-deoxy-

beta-d-

ribofuranose

0 48 48





8. Darunavir


Total 36 300 336

Proceedings,

Proposal No.

IA/KA/IND2/68004/2017

2018-

2019

S.

No Products Name

Capacity (MTPA)


Total

1. 5


2. 1-(6-methyl-3-

pyridyl)-2-(4-0 48 48

Current Proceedings,

No. SEIAA 27 IND

(VOIL) 2018


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(methylsulfonyl)-

phenyl)ethanone

3.

1, 2,3-tri-o-

acetyl-5-deoxy-

beta-d-

ribofuranose

0 48 48





8. Darunavir


Total 36 300 336


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VI. Categorization of the Project

The Proposed Project termed under Schedule 5(f), Category B, Synthetic Organic Chemicals as

per the EIA Notification 2006 and its subsequent Amendments. Since, M/s. Sri Lakshmi

Chemicals, operating the industry without Environmental Clearance. So, Project falls under

violation category ‘B’ as per Violation notification vide S.O. 804(E) dated 14th March 2017.

M/s Sri Lakshmi Chemicals, applied for Environmental Clearance to SEIAA, Karnataka on

06.08.2016. The proposal was appraised in the 171st SEAC meeting held on 22.09.2016 and

was issued the Terms of Reference (TOR) for preparing Environmental Impact Assessment

(EIA) Report vide File No. SEIAA 37 IND 2016 dated 18.11.2016.

As per Violation notification vide S.O. 804(E) dated 14th March 2017, Karnataka SEIAA has

directed to apply at EAC, MoEF & CC. The ToR application was submitted to MoEF&CC vide

IA/KA/IND2/68004/2017 dated 09th Sep 2017.

As per MoEF&CC gazette notification no. S.O.804 (E) dated 14th March, 2017 and its

subsequent amended gazette Notification No. S.O. 1030 (E) dated 8th March 2018 and OM F.

No. Z-11013/22/2017-IA. II (M) dated 15th March 2018 & 16th March 2018, MoEF&CC directed

to appraise in SEAC/SEIAA. The same application submitted to Karnataka SEIAA on 12th Apr

2018 vide proposal number SIA/KA/IND2/23408/2018. The Proposal was considered in 199th

Karnataka SEAC meeting held on 2nd June 2018. Based on the information furnished KSEIAA

had issued the Terms of Reference (TOR) for preparing Environmental Impact Assessment

(EIA) Report vide File No. SEIAA 27 IND (VIOL) 2018 dated 05.07.2018.

VII. Land Requirement

The total land area is 5056 sq m (1.25 Acres) completely fortified and protected on all four sides

by boundary walls. The land use pattern is provided in the below Table-4.

Table-4 Land Use Break-up Details

S. No Component Area

(Sq.m)

Acre %

1 Ground Coverage (includes

plants, utilities, storage and

ETP)

1303 0.32 25.8

2 Road and pavements 1028 0.25 20.3

3 Greenbelt area 1845 0.45 36.5

4 Vacant Land 880 0.23 17.4

Total 5056 1.25 100


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VIII. Water Requirement

The water requirement for the existing facility is 5 KLD, which is met from private water

suppliers. The additional water requirement due to the expansion will be 19.8 KLD, and thus

the total water requirement will be 24.8 KLD. The total water requirement will be met from

private water suppliers. The water requirement break-up details is given in Table-5.

Table-5 Water Requirement Break-Up Details

Water requirement Existing

(KLD)

Additional

(KLD)

Proposed Total

(KLD)

Domestic 1.8 3.6 5.4

Process 2.4 10 12.4

Scrubber 0.1 0.2 0.3

Lab Plant Wash 0.2 1 1.2

Boiler Feed 0.2 2 2.2

Gardening 0.15 2 2.15

Cooling water make up 0.15 1 1.15

Total 5 19.8 24.8

IX. Wastewater Generation

Existing: - Domestic Sewage is being sent to septic tank followed by soak pit.

Industrial effluents from the plant is being stored in collection tank and is neutralized, and then

sent to MEE (20KLD), Condensate is being recycled to cooling tower and boiler feed through

softener. MEE concentrate is sent to Centrifuge, Salt from Centrifuge is sent to TSDF.

Proposed - Domestic Sewage will be treated in STP and treated Sewage will be used for green

belt within the project site.

Industrial effluents will be segregated into Low TDS and High TDS effluents. Low TDS effluent

will be treated in Biological Effluent Treatment plant and the treated effluent will be used for

utilities.

High TDS effluents will be sent to MEE and salts will be disposed to TSDF.

The proposed treatment system is ZLD, there will be no discharge of effluents on land

environment.

The break up in terms of volumetric contribution (for effluent & sewage) is given in Table-6. The

effluent characteristic is provided in the Table 7.


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Table-6 Details Sewage/Wastewater Treatment and Discharge

Description Existing Additional Proposed Total Treatment

Units Final Disposal point

Domestic

(KLD) 1.5 2.8 4.3 STP

Treated in STP &

treated water will be

used for Green Belt.

Ind. effluent

generation

(KLD)

2.3 10.25 12.55

ZLD

(ETP, MEE

&ATFD)

Treated water

recycled.

Solid will be sent to

TSDF

Characteristics of effluents is provided in the below Table-7.

Table-7 Characteristics of Effluent Generated

S.

No. Parameter Sewage LTDS HTDS

Treated

Sewage

Treated

Effluent

LTDS

Treated

Effluent

HTDS

1 pH 6.5-7.5 6.5-7.5 5.5-9.5 6.5-7.5 6.5-8.5 6.5-7.5

2 TDS 1000-

1200

3000-

5000

15000-

25000

1000-1200 300-500

<500

3 TSS 100-500 100-

200 400-500

<30 <30

<30

4 BOD 300-350 400-

600 2000-3000

<20 <20

<20

5 COD 600-700 1000-

2000

10000-

15000

<150 <100

<150

* All parameters except pH are expressed as mg/l

X. Power Requirement

The power required for the project will be sourced from GESCOM. DG sets will act as the

standby facilities and will be utilized in case of power failures. The details of power requirement

and backup power facilities are given in Table-8.

Table-8 Power and Fuel Requirement

Details Capacity

Source Existing Additional ProposedTotal

Power Requirement

(KVA) 100 300 400 GESCOM

Back-up 200 200 400 DG sets


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(KVA)

Diesel

Requirements

(lit/Month)

Approx.

1000

Approx.

1000

Approx.

2000 HP

Boiler Capacity

(TPH) 2 0 2 -

Boiler Fuel

(Mt/ day) 6 0 6 COAL

Boiler: One coal fired 2 TPH is presently available. No additional boiler is proposed.

XI. Manpower

The manpower requirement including both the technical and non-technical personnel is given in

Table-9.

Table-9 Manpower Requirement

Existing Additional Proposed Total

Permanent 15 0 15

Contractual 35 50 85

Total 50 50 100

XII. Solid Waste

MSW is disposed to Local Municipal bin/ Recyclers, the source of Municipal solid waste in the

industry is from the domestic use. The MSW details are provided in the Table-10.

Table-10 Municipal Solid Waste

Type Kg/day Disposal method

Organic 24 Municipal bin including food waste

Inorganic 26 KSPCB authorized recyclers

Total 50

As per CPCB guidelines: MSW per capita/day =0.5

Total Municipal Solid Waste Generated during the operation phase is 50 Kg/day for total 100

employees of existing (50 nos) and proposed(50 nos).


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XIII. Hazardous waste Management

The hazardous wastes generated from Plant are collected, stored and disposed through

authorized disposal cum recycle facilities as per the Hazardous Wastes (Management, Handling

and Transboundary Movement) Rules 1989 and subsequent amendment in 2016.

The type of hazardous waste and the quantity generated are detailed in the Table-11.

Table-11 Hazardous Waste Management

Waste

Category

Hazardouswaste

Generated

Quantity Method of handling

Existing Additional ProposedTotal

5.1 Used Oil

(Liters/Annum) 200 400 600

Collected in leak proof

containers and disposed

only to KSPCB

registered authorized re-

processor

28.1 Organic Residue

(MTPA) 0 10 10

Collected in carboys

and stored in Hazardous

waste storage area and

handed over to

KSPCBauthorized

incinerator

28.3 Spent Carbon

(MTPA) 36 60 96

Collected in polythene

bags and stored in

Hazardous waste

storage area. Will be

sent to KSPCB

authorized dealer.

33.1 MS Drums

(MTPA) 2 3 5 Stored in secure

manner and handed

over to KSPCB

authorized recycler 33.1

HDPE Used

Liners

(MTPA)

0.2 0.4 0.6

35.3

MEE Sludge/ETP

Sludge/Chemical

sludge from

clarifier and

evaporator

(MTPA)

0.5 9 9.5

Collected in polythene

bags and stored in

Hazardous waste

storage area. and

handed over to

KSPCBauthorized

TSDF


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XIV. Analysis of Alternative Sites Considered

Since the proposed project is an expansion within the existing plant facility the alternate

sites are not considered.

XV. Project cost

The total capital investment on the project is INR 3.75 Crores, the details of which are

provided in the following Table-12.

Table-12 Capital Investment on the Project

S. No. Cost INR (Crores)

1. Environmental Management Plan

STP & ETP 0.35

2. Others 3.45

TOTAL 3.75

XVI. Baseline Study

Meteorological Environment

The micro-meteorological conditions during the study period for hourly data of wind speed, wind

direction and temperature were recorded at the project site. From the Indian Meteorological

Department (IMD) at Bidar Region (1971-2000), the annually determined wind direction is

mostly South West to North East. From the site specific meteorological data of study

period(Source: www.wunderground.com), the predominant wind was observed NE during the

study period (Oct to Dec 2018). Average Wind Speed is 4.1 m/s, the temperature ranges

between 10 °C – 34 °C and the average temperature is 23.5 °C, while the relative humidity 60.3

% at project site.

Bidar district receives an average rainfall of 827 mm. The normal annual rainfall over the district

ranges from 735 mm to 860 mm (Source: Ground Water Information Booklet, Bidar District,

Karnataka, 2008).

Ambient Air Quality

The ambient air quality has been monitored at 8 locations for 18 parameters including 12

parameters as per NAAQS, 2009 within the study area. The baseline levels of PM10, PM2.5, SO2,

NO2, CO, Pb, O3, NH3, C6H6, C20 H12, As, Ni, VOC, Cl, HCl, HBr, H2S & HF are well within the

National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Industrial, Commercial and Residential areas at all

monitoring locations during the study period from Oct to Dec 2018.

Noise Environment


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The existing ambient noise levels were monitored using precision noise level meter in and

around the project site at 10 km radius at 8 locations during the study period, day time noise

levels varied between 59 dB(A) to 62 dB (A) and night time noise levels varied from 53 dB (A) to

58 dB (A) in the Industrial area and in Commercial area day time noise level was 57.0 dB(A)

and night time noise level was 55.0 dB(A). In Residential area day time noise level varies from

53.2 dB(A) to 54.7 dB(A) and night time noise level varies from 44.5 dB(A) to 52.0 dB(A). The

field observations during the study period indicate that the ambient noise levels in Residential

area are slightly exceeding the limit prescribed by CPCB.

Water Environment

The prevailing status of water quality at eight sampling locations each for ground and surface

water have been assessed during December 2018.

The standard methods prescribed in IS were followed for sample collection, preservation and

analysis in the laboratory for various physiochemical parameters.

Surface water quality

The values range from 7.21 – 7.81for pH, 122– 784 mg/l for TDS, 58.1–380.3 mg/l for Total

Hardness, 31.67 – 306.83 mg/l for chloride content, 12– 123 mg/l for sulphate content.

Ground Water Quality

The values range from 7.16– 8.1for pH, 216 - 475 mg/l for TDS, 112 -267 mg/l for Total

Hardness, 44.3 – 156 mg/l for chloride content, 25.3– 80 mg/l for sulphate content.

Land Environment

Assessment of soil characteristics is of paramount importance since the vegetation growth,

agricultural practices and production is directly related to the soil fertility and quality. It is

observed that,

The pH of the soil samples ranged from 7.32 – 8.23.

Conductivity of the soil samples ranged from 177-331 μS/cm. As the EC value is

less than 2000 μS/cm, the soil is found to be non-saline in nature

The water holding capacity of the soil samples varied from 18.4 – 35.4 (%).

Nitrogen content ranged from 44 kg/ha to 216kg/ha

Phosphorous ranged from 22 to 126 kg/ha

Potassium content ranges from 55 to 187 kg/ha

Biological Environment


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The species observed in the study area are mostly commercial crops and plantation crops and

breaks were also observed throughout the semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forest types.

There is no extinct flora and fauna species found in the study area.

Socio Economic Environment

Bidar district is located in the northern most tip of the State of Karnataka. The total geographical

area of the district is 5,448 sq.km. Bidar district is surrounded by Gulbarga district to the south,

Maharashtra State in the West and North. It is bounded on the East by Telangana. The

population of the district is 1703300 as per 2011 Census. The male population is 870665 and

female population is 832635.The unique feature of the district is that there are many spoken

languages and dialects. As it is close to Maharashtra and Telangana they speak Kannada,

Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Telugu languages.

A socio-economic study was undertaken in assessing aspects which are dealing with social and

cultural conditions, and economic status in the study area. The study provides information such

as demographic structure, population dynamics, infrastructure resources, and the status of

human health and economic attributes like employment, per-capita income, agriculture, trade,

and industrial development in the study area. The study of these characteristic helps in

identification, prediction and evaluation of impacts on socio-economic and parameters of human

interest due to proposed project developments. The parameters are:

Demographic structure

Infrastructure Facility

Economic Status

Health status

Cultural attributes

The district is rural in character as 75 percent of the population lives in rural areas. Agriculture is

the main contributor to the economy of the district. The district has low industrial base. A major

proportion of the area in the district is not under irrigation. The proportion of net area irrigated to

net area sown is only 14.18%. The socio-economic status of the district and study area are

provided in the Chapter 3, Section 3.13.

The project area is in the Kolhar Village, Bidar taluk and at located 17°54'39.71"N and

77°27'23.66"E (Centre Coordinates) comes under Bidar district of Karnataka state. It is located

at a distance of 4.2 Km (NE) from Bidar town.

Anticipated Environmental Impacts


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Air Environment

Base line data reveals that ambient air quality in the study area for all the parameters are well

within the permissible limits as prescribed by National Ambient Air Quality Standards. The main

sources of emissions will be from the D.G sets, Reactors and Boiler which are facilitated with

stacks of adequate height as an air pollution control measure.

Noise Environment

Baseline line study showed that the noise levels in Residential area are slightly exceeded the

limit prescribed by CPCB. The designed equipment with noise levels not exceeding beyond the

requirements of Occupational Health and Safety Administration Standard will be employed.

Land Use

As the manufacturing facility is located in the designated KIADB industrial area, the proposed

activity does not change the land use classification of the site.

XVII. Environmental Monitoring Program

A monitoring schedule with respect to Ambient Air Quality, Water & Wastewater Quality, Noise

Quality as per Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB), shall be maintained.

XVIII. Pollution Control Measures

The emission from boilers and D.G sets will be mitigated by providing adequate stack height.

The D.G set will be provided with adequate stack as per KSPCB/CPCB norms. Boiler is

provided with cyclone separator to control the pollutants and adequate stack height to disperse

the pollutants. Acoustic enclosures are provided to the DG sets to control noise emissions. The

reactors are connected to individual scrubber and stacks.

Municipal Solid Wastes including food waste are disposed to municipal bin. The hazardous

waste will be stored separately in hazardous waste storage and disposed to KSPCB authorized

TSDF sites within the stipulated period of time. Hazardous waste materials will be properly

disposed as per the Hazardous and Other wastes (Management and Transboundary

Movement) Rules 1989 and subsequent amendment in 2016.

The wastewater generated will be mainly sewage and process effluent.

Domestic Sewage will be treated in STP and treated Sewage will be used for green belt within

the project site.

Industrial effluents will be segregated into Low TDS and High TDS effluents. Low TDS effluent

will be treated in Biological Effluent Treatment plant and the treated effluent will be used for

utilities.

High TDS effluents will be sent to MEE and salts will be disposed to TSDF.


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The proposed treatment system is ZLD, there will be no discharge of effluents on land

environment.

XIX. Greenbelt Development

The total land area is 5056 sq m (1.25 Acres) which is completely fortified and protected on all

the four sides by boundary walls. The Greenbelt area is 1845 Sq. mt (0.45 Acres, 36.5 %).

XX. Risk Analysis

Hazard Identification and Risk Analysis including identification, screening of scenarios, and

consequence analysis of the various risk scenarios. Risk Assessment has been done with

respect to the Solvent Storage Tanks and Pipe lines.

The Risk Assessment has been carried out by using the ALOHA software 5.4.5 (Aerial

Locations of Hazardous Atmospheres) which was developed by office of Emergency

management, EPA and Emergency Response Division, NOAA & PHAST Lite 7.11 (Licence

number 1603-120331(S-28502)) developed by DNV GL AS 2014.

The scope of the study mainly involves:

Identifications of Hazards

Consequence modeling

Flash fire

Jet Fire analysis

dispersion of vapour cloud

pool fire

Impact limits identifications and contour mapping of the risk on the layouts.

Mitigating measures for handling and storage to reduce impacts & prevent

incidents.

As per the NFPA rating, the fire hazard is observed in chemicals such as Ethylene

Dichloride (EDC), Toluene, Acetone, Isopropanol, Methanol, Morpholine, N-

Hexane, Tetrahydrofuran (THF) and Ethyl acetate. The health hazard is observed

in Morpholine. For the chemicals such as Chloroform, DMSO, MDC and DMF fire

and health hazards are not observed.

The consequence analysis is performed for pipelines which are connected from

Storage tanks to Process tank.

All the hazards are observed in NorthEast direction due to the wind blowing from

SouthWest.

In case of emergency, onsite emergency plan will be implemented

Risk Control Measures


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Pressure safety valves for storage tanks

Pressure alarm high and pressure alarm low for storage tanks

Level indicators with monitoring from control for storage tanks

Level transmitter, Level gauge and Temperature indicators for the storage tanks

Fire protection arrangements in the form of Fire Hydrants and Monitors for the

storage tanks.

Emergency Handling checklist and procedure

All reactors would be equipped with condenser with appropriate heat transfer area,

which acts as primary condenser. Over and above that, the non-condensable

solvent vapors from the primary condenser are further cooled in the vent

condenser (Sub cooler) which have the circulation of chilled water/ Brine

circulation. This additional measure is taken to enhance solvent recovery. The

distillate/ Condensate from the primary & secondary condensers would be

collected in jacketed vessels which have chilled utility circulation.

XXI. Disaster Management Plan

The salient features of Disaster Management Plan includes

Emergency shutdown procedure

Electrical Power Failure & Key Utility failures

Fire protection system

Emergency safety equipment & Reporting and response to emergency

Emergency Help from nearby industries and tie up with nearby industries

Emergency Control Room - is the focal point in case of an emergency from where

the operations to handle the emergency are directed and coordinated. It will be

equipped with Internal and P & T telephones, Paging system and Emergency siren.

On-Site Emergency Plan

To provide effective planning, communication and to ensure discipline while

mitigating identified emergencies at the earliest utilizing available resources, safety

gadgets and systems.

Synchronized action from all the internal and external agencies at the earliest to

initiate corrective and preventive action.

To minimize the human injury and illness during emergency mitigation, priority is

given to rescue of incident victim/s, rendering them first aid onsite and if required

providing further medical services at the earliest, which is available nearest to our

plant.

To minimize damage to property, general environment or work environment.

To effectively refer and utilize this revised onsite emergency plan while conducting

on site emergency and preparedness response drills and also during real

emergencies.

To identify any deviations during above drills and real situations to ensure any

identified and recorded observations for continual corrective actions and preventive

actions.


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XXII. Benefits of the Proposed Project

The proposed expansion of production capacity will fulfill the market requirement and play a vital

role in the Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients and Chemical Intermediates sectors and thereby

address the market demand and Social benefits.

The products manufactured at these facilities will be exported that will aid in adding revenue to

the nation. The corporate social responsibilities that will be taken up by the proposed project will

improve the well-being of the society and the corporate responsibilities towards the protection of

the environment will help in conserving the ecosystem. It will also provide employment

opportunities to local population.

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